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• Biola Magazine

  An Eagle Soars in Washington

  John Thune (B.S. ’83) on faith, politics and his new role as U.S. Senate Majority Leader

  Marlo Kirkpatrick — July 02, 2025

  When John Thune first told his parents he was considering running for Congress, his mother asked, “Couldn’t you do something more reputable with...

• Biola Magazine

  How Should Christians Prepare for the AI Revolution?

  Jason Newell — July 02, 2025

  As he logged into the Zoom call, all Dr. Michael Arena could do was laugh. Expecting a lively discussion with a small group of tech professionals,...

• Biola Magazine

  Sink or Swim

  After losing both legs to a rare disease, Morgan Stickney (B.S., ’23) presses on to paralympic gold.

  Marlo Kirkpatrick — July 02, 2025

  Morgan Stickney’s happy place has always been the deep end of a swimming pool. By the time she was 13, Morgan was ranked among the top 20 distance...

• Biola Magazine

  Help! I Feel Burned Out by Work

  Jason Newell — July 02, 2025

  If your job is taking a toll on your mental and physical health, you’re not alone. About half of American workers say they feel burned out by work...

• Biola Magazine

  Editor’s Note: Allow Us to Reintroduce Ourselves

  Jason Newell — July 02, 2025

  Welcome back! After a two-year publishing pause, I’m thrilled to reintroduce you to Biola Magazine — refreshed, reimagined and ready to share...

• Biola Magazine

  President’s Perspective: Eighteen Years Later and Still All In

  Barry Corey — July 02, 2025

  I recently stumbled on an article that said college presidents have two jobs: “raise money” and “find ways to appease students, faculty,...

• Biola Magazine

  Biola Ranks No.1 for Putting Faith in Action

  New study measures universities’ commitment to Christian identity

  Biola Magazine Staff — July 02, 2025

  What makes a Christian University truly Christian? That's the question a team of researchers from Baylor University recently set out to help...

• Biola Magazine

  Calling all Coffee Lovers

  Alumni roasters brew up new partnership with custom ‘Biola Blend’

  Jason Newell — July 02, 2025

  School spirit may have never tasted so good. A pair of Biola alumni in the artisanal coffee roasting business have teamed up with the university to...

• Biola Magazine

  Coming Attraction

  A sneak peek inside Biola’s new film studio

  Jason Newell — July 02, 2025

  Construction is well underway on a film studio that university leaders say will rival the best educational facilities in the nation for media...

• Biola Magazine

  Athletics Shine With Championships, National Podium Finish

  Biola Magazine Staff — July 02, 2025

  Biola Athletics celebrated another banner year of NCAA competition in 2024–25, highlighted by three conference titles, an individual national...

• Biola Magazine

  A Great Recommission

  After nearly a century, Missions Conference gets meaningful new name

  Jason Newell — July 02, 2025

  This spring, Biolans did what they’ve done for 95 years: take a several-day pause from classes for the world’s largest student-organized conference...

• Biola Magazine

  A Hidden Plaque. A Forgotten Heroine. The Rediscovery of a Legacy of Faith.

  Marlo Kirkpatrick — July 02, 2025

  A work crew relocating a mural during the renovation of Sutherland Auditorium uncovered a window to Biola’s past and revived the memory of the...

• Biola Magazine

  After Decades of Decline, Can Christianity Make a Comeback?

  Ed Stetzer shares surprising ‘State of the Church’ research on his cross-country Lead the Way Tour

  Jason Newell — July 02, 2025

  For decades, churches across America have watched attendance shrink and spiritual affiliation decline. But new data shows signs of a recent rise in...

• Biola Magazine

  Books by Biolans: Spring 2025

  Biola Magazine Staff — July 02, 2025

  End the Stalemate: Move Past Cancel Culture to Meaningful Conversations Sean McDowell (associate professor of Christian apologetics, B.A. ’98,...

• Biola Magazine

  Stale Cheetos and What to Think When God Feels Distant

  Excerpt from Revering God: How to Marvel at Your Maker

  Thaddeus Williams — July 02, 2025

  Imagine the existence of a master chef who makes infinitely satisfying food. He is a culinary god in the kitchen. Chicken divan crepes, lobster...

• Biola Magazine

  Nacho Average Director

  Nate Norell crashes the Super Bowl with alien-themed Doritos ad

  Marlo Kirkpatrick — July 02, 2025

  “I love taking ideas and bringing them to reality,” Nate Norell (B.A ’18) says. “Those ideas can be anything — a documentary film, a commercial,...

• Biola Magazine

  Banana Bonanza

  Robert Anthony Cruz — known as ‘Coach RAC’ to millions of Savannah Bananas fans — brings flair and faith to the baseball diamond

  Tom Pfingsten — July 02, 2025

  On a balmy evening last year in Savannah, Georgia, Robert Anthony Cruz (’21) ran in to catch a high fly ball in left field. From the bleachers, it...

• Biola Magazine

  Changing Lives One Note at a Time

  Country Music Association Foundation Teacher of Excellence Nora Hernandez

  Marlo Kirkpatrick — July 02, 2025

  Dr. Nora Hernandez (B.M. ’15, B.S. ’15, M.A. ’18) has known she was called to teach music since she was a student singing in her high school choir....

• Biola Magazine

  Donald Hoffman (B.S. ’70) Remembered as Champion For Under-The-Radar Biolans

  Jason Newell — July 02, 2025

  In 1976, a young Don Hoffman — who had earned a business degree from Biola only six years earlier — felt called to do something that would bless...

• Biola Magazine

  What Being a Mentor Taught Me

  David Vazquez — July 02, 2025

  When I joined Biola University in June 2024, I arrived with great anticipation and a strong sense of calling — but also with limited familiarity. I...

• Think Biblically

  Engaging Controversial Issues Without Getting Too Emotional

  with Tim Pickavance

  Timothy Pickavance, Scott Rae — July 01, 2025

  How do we engage our friends, family and others around controversial issues, particularly those in science? Why do these controversial issues...

• The Good Book Blog

  Making Disciples

  Gary McIntosh — June 30, 2025

  Pastors seize an adventurous, daring enterprise — making disciples of all people! The last words of Jesus to his disciples included a command to “...

• The Good Book Blog

  Temptability: Not the Same for Everyone

  Kenneth Berding — June 27, 2025

  Everyone is not equally temptable. One person can be severely tempted by something that another person barely or is not-at-all tempted. Some...

• Think Biblically

  Cultural Update: Why Don't We Feel We're Thriving?; The End of Rainbow Capitalism; Democratic Socialism

  Scott Rae, Thaddeus Williams — June 27, 2025

  This week, Scott is joined by Talbot professor Thaddeus Williams to discuss: Why Don’t We Feel We're Thriving? — Despite living in the most...

• Talbot Magazine

  The Road to Renewal: New Insights on the State of the Church from Talbot’s Lead the Way Tour

  Ed Stetzer — June 25, 2025

  On his cross-country Lead the Way Tour, Ed Stetzer shares insights on the State of the Church, Gen Z and the future of the gospel. In the 18th...